Morning all... I hope somebody can help as my Googling has been somewhat fruitless.

Things started with this: I tried to rip my vast DVD collection for use with my Apple TV2 and save some shelf space.

I have previously used Handbrake with no problems on my old MacBook, but the process was really slow.

I installed Handbrake and VLC on the new iMac, popped in a DVD (tried Thor etc), selected the source as the DVD... I can hear the drive spinning away and the activity windows shows it is doing "something"... but it is taking forever to decrypt the disk - this was near instant on my old PC and on the MacBook. I eventually have to force quit the application.

Because I've been unable to get beyond the disc protection, and this is very frustrating.

I use either MDRP (Mac DVD Ripper Pro) or RipIt to rip the files off the DVD then I use Handbrake to code it. I do this because I really don't want the wear and tear on the DVD drive that handbrake would use to rip a movie, plus both ripping programs usually deal with the various forms of protection. I prefer MDRP since it use it to select the movie since some forms of copy protection trick your system to seeing numerous movies on the DVD and it's tough to find the real one._________________iMac 24" 2.4 GHz 4GB | Logitech S530 | Z-2300 speakers | NewerTech Guardian MAXimus RAID
MacMini HTPC 2.26 GHz 2GB | Panasonic Plasma TV | Logitech diNovo Edge | Mercury Elite-AL Pro 800
AppleTV1 unhacked | Panasonic LCD

If you don't see the preset window to the right of the Handbrake window click on the "Toggle Presets" then click on AppleTV 2, then down below you'll see a gear, click it and select Make Default. From then on it will use the settings well suited for most users using an ATV2. No fuss, no worries._________________iMac 24" 2.4 GHz 4GB | Logitech S530 | Z-2300 speakers | NewerTech Guardian MAXimus RAID
MacMini HTPC 2.26 GHz 2GB | Panasonic Plasma TV | Logitech diNovo Edge | Mercury Elite-AL Pro 800
AppleTV1 unhacked | Panasonic LCD